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Globecast will also be promoting its GCXN
is assisting all segments of the ecosystem in NAGRA. “The user experience is not always
solution. This manages the transport of the migration of workflows to a more agile as seamless as it looks, device and network
broadcast and media services over the public technology foundation through inventive- fragmentation continues to be major hurdles,
Internet. Allowing very rapid deployment, it but-pragmatic practices and solutions that and broadband ubiquity – while opening up
enables customers to create and then distribute significantly reduced the friction at the new opportunities – has also has fuelled new
content wherever they may be, far quicker and intersection of traditional and next-generation forms of piracy. A transformation needs to take
more cost effectively than using traditional networks. place and a new TV ecosystem needs to emerge
fibre networks.
Imagine Communications will use IBC2017
to successfully compete in this new landscape.
to provide real-world proof points of how it is Innovation in pay-TV has actually never been
Channel Playout solution for SD, HD and 4K assisting several of its customers — through so critical to success – and is the driving theme
channels. This significantly enhances its service unprecedented openness and the practical behind our 2017 showcase.”
deployment efficiency, time-to-market and application of innovation — to move mission- flexibility and further enhances its geographical critical live, playout, distribution and business Innovation Forum will provide the backdrop
reach, as well as enabling fast start-up time. operations to software-based, virtualised to NAGRA’s IBC showcase, providing exclusive
environments based on commercial off-the- insight into the innovation characteristics of
shelf (COTS) equipment. the industry, winning strategies of industry
Globecast is also announcing its new Cloud
Harmonic – Stand 1.B20
The specialist in video delivery technology and
“For the past several years, Imagine
The work of the 2017 edition of the Pay-TV
leaders and emerging opportunities and
services will present its vision for monetising Communications has been leading the challenges in pay-TV. NAGRA will be co-
broadcast and OTT services and engaging evolution toward and embracing the power and located with Conax, SmarDTV and NexGuard.
viewers like never before. A wide range of efficiencies of IP, software and cloud, delivering solutions will be showcased, with support for the agility, flexibility and responsiveness our all deployment models — including software clients require to compete in today’s hyper- appliances, cloud and hybrid environments, competitive market,” said Imagine CEO Charlie as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS) — to Vogt. “Imagine’s bold vision and direction, address the varying needs of video content and first articulated at IBC2014, has fully evolved service providers and their specific workflows into market-leading advertising, playout and today and in the future. Using Harmonic’s automation, networking and OTT solutions solutions, service providers can deliver crystal- that are being deployed around the world.”
clear video at the lowest possible bitrates;
An additional IBC2017 objective for Imagine
boost profitability through targeted advertising Communications is to demonstrate how the
across all screens; and transition to a simpler, company is assisting broadcasters, distributors
more efficient and cost-saving workflow via and other media companies in stretching the
next-generation technologies like the cloud, all- boundaries of their businesses and generating
IP workflows, HEVC and UHD-HDR. new monetisation opportunities through the
“Change is constant across the television
creative integration of broadband networks
Nevion – Stand 1.B71
The provider of virtualised media production
solutions, will be showcasing how its IP-based
solutions for contribution, facilities, remote
production and digital terrestrial TV (DTT) can
enable broadcasters to ‘connect better, share
better and broadcast better’.
It will announce and demonstrate a range of
new features delivered as software updates for
its flagship products, VideoIPath management
orchestration software and Virtuoso, the
software-defined media node platform.
These updates are designed to deliver the
convergence required by broadcasters as IP
blurs the distinction between the local area
networks (LANs) being deployed in their
industry. OTT services are becoming a into their content distribution strategies. The requirement, cloud technology is transforming ability of broadcasters to complement over-the- the way video content is produced and air transmissions with the two-way capabilities delivered, the migration to all-IP is well of Internet-based distribution, for example, underway and 5G networks will impact the holds the potential to redefine the competitive entire mobile video ecosystem,” said Bart positioning of broadcasters in the med